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IowaBiz Blog: Tools, tips and (possible) troubles of an employee background check

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IowaBiz Blog: Bring problems to their knees

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OUR VIEW: Start-ups take a village

It’s easy – and important – to tell Iowans to support entrepreneurs, but more challenging for the people being asked for money.

We’re not surrounded by an entrepreneurial buzz, start-up guru Christian Renaud pointed out …

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GUEST OPINION: Giving back is good business

Business leaders today recognize the importance of corporate citizenship. Giving back to the local community is an essential part of a conscientious business model. It creates consumer confidence, attracts and retains employees and builds good …

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TRANSITIONS: The hand you’re dealt

Finally, after all of these cautious years, I tried an activity that has been compared to crack cocaine. I hadn’t come close up until now, unless mowing has been called the crack cocaine of vegetation …

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IowaBiz Blog: Using an appraiser to value the business

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IowaBiz Blog: Is your idea marketable?

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IowaBiz Blog: So this is it

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OUR VIEW: Is there a ‘super’ answer?


As the “supercommittee” ponders options, preparing the ring for the next round of the budget fight, it seems like a good time to thumb through the file of clippings and remind ourselves of what we …

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GUEST OPINION: Transit plan will boost Greater D.M.


Greater Des Moines has made many great strides in the past decade toward becoming a world-class city, with millions invested in culture and the arts, more trails and walkways, and a flourishing restaurant scene. These …